Stephen Markscheid holds one of the riskiest jobs in the world—or so say directors and officers liability insurers. The 59-year-old former banker, a Mandarin-speaking American, sits on the boards of five U.S.-listed Chinese companies, including Jinko Solar Holding Co. The …
More than seven months after Superstorm Sandy devastated parts of the Jersey shore, thousands of homeowners are getting some relief from crushing rebuilding and insurance costs. The federal government has updated its flood maps laying out the likelihood of damage …
A North Carolina medical examiner has resigned after investigators found out that he knew carbon monoxide killed a couple in a Boone motel a week before an 11-year-old boy died in the same room. The Charlotte Observer reported Saturday that …
The Rapid City Police Department is launching a safety campaign to try to decrease the number of pedestrian-related injuries in the Black Hills community. The South Dakota Office of Highway Safety is providing a $40,000 grant for the campaign, The …
A government official says at least 3 people have died and 12 others are missing after floods washed away an apartment building in northern India. Amit Chandola says the three story building in Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand state was hit Sunday …
Residents returning to the neighborhoods they were driven from just days ago by Colorado’s most destructive wildfire ever are seeing firsthand the path of destruction left behind by the flames. Firefighters battling the fire in a rural region northeast of …
Students whose elementary schools were destroyed when a May 20 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., had a chance to hone their basketball skills Thursday with several former NBA greats. About 50 students from Briarwood and Plaza Towers elementary schools participated …
Police have increased their presence in New York City neighborhoods still struggling with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The Staten Island Advance says break-ins left some residents on the island so frustrated and angry that they’d talked of setting booby …
An analysis of law enforcement records found that drunken driving enforcement varies across Michigan. The MLive.com report published Monday as part of a multi-day series says the small Kalamazoo County community of Richland has more drunken driving arrests per officer …
Pantex, the country’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant, has completed main construction on a $35 million project that is designed to improve fire protection at the facility. The new construction comes after the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board …